NCPSRR terms proposal for VIP lane illogical, unethical

Terming the proposal for introducing a separate lane for VIPs in the capital 'illogical, unethical and unacceptable', National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR) demanded on Tuesday that the government withdraw it, reports UNB.

NCPSRR president Mohammad Shahid Mia and general secretary Ashis Kumar Dey made the demand in a joint statement.

The Cabinet Division has proposed introducing a separate 'emergency lane' for movement of Very Important Persons (VIPs), police vehicles, ambulances and vehicles of other emergency services.

Due to unplanned urbanisation and industrialisation and lack of proper management by the authorities concerned, the capital's gridlock is turning intolerable day by day, the statement said, adding that if a separate lane is made for a certain group of people, both class discrimination and public sufferings will be increased many times which is not expected from the state.